Kelly Holmes

About Kelly Holmes

British middle-distance athlete who won two golds in the 2004 Olympics in Athens and a bronze medal in Sydney in 2000.

Dame Kelly Holmes is a retired British middle distance athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600, 800 and 1,000 metre distances. Inspired by a number of successful British middle-distance runners in the early 1980s, Holmes began competing in middle-distance events in her youth. She joined the British Army, but continued to compete at the organisation's athletics events. She turned to the professional athletics circuit in 1993 and in 1994 she won the 1,500 m at the Commonwealth Games and took silver at the European Championships. She won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1995 Gothenburg World Championships, but suffered from various injuries over the following years, failing to gain a medal at her first Olympics in Atlanta 1996 when running with a stress fracture.

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Trivia

She started as a full-time athlete in 1997, which started her training for the 2004 Olympics.

Kelly Holmes before fame

When she turned 18, she enlisted in the British Army.

Achievement of Kelly Holmes

In 1997, she became a full-time athlete and began preparing for the 2004 Olympics.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Kelly Holmes family life

Derrick Holmes and Pam Norman gave birth to her.

Associations of Kelly Holmes

Both she and Usain Bolt, the sprinter, have won medals.

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